Applying successive data group operations to an active data grou

Details Applying successive data group operations to an active data grou Applying successive data group operations to an active data grou

1994-10-27

1995-06-27

Powell, Mark R.

G06F 300

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ABSTRACT:
In a data processing system employed for simulation, a simulation program (24) produces simulation results (26), while a pre-compiler (18) used to prepare the simulation program (24) generates cause and effect lists (22). The cause and effect lists (22) and simulation results (26) are organized in data groups associated with the various variables in the model. A presentation module (28) operates a display (16) so as to display variable names (37) that represent the data groups and icons (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, and 44) that represent operations that can be performed on the data groups. By using a mouse (15) to "click on" a data-group name (48) and an icon (40-55, 59), the user can cause a selected data-group operation to be performed on a selected data group.

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